Phosphorescent: Tomorrow is a Long Time (Bob Dylan Cover)

January 22, 2014

We noted Matthew Houck’s love for this Bob Dylan cut back in 2010, and now it arrives in studio form on the new Sweetheart 2014 compilation– a set featuring Valentine’s Day music from Beck, Fiona Apple, and others next month. True to his first live take, Houck keeps the song’s forlorn center upfront with a sparse arrangement of solo-electric guitar and vocals, set this time over a peaceful organ drone. As he’s done with Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, and many more before, Houck has an intuition for evoking fresh nuances from old gems like these. Hear it above.